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How to build the Floating Island Portal in Minecraft

the palette · 18 steps · 6 techniques

The palette

Netherrack and nether wart in bands with blackstone and basalt strata for the island, crimson and warped nylium on top, polished blackstone bricks and gilded blackstone for the dais and the arch. Shroomlight, magma and orange glass make the glowing stalactites and the lava falls; the portal is the purple accent.

Techniques

  • An upside-down cone
  • Glowing underside
  • Lava falls
  • Chains to the ground
  • A spiral of stepping stones
  • The portal on top

The steps

  1. Scorched ground
  2. Burning pool
  3. Basalt anchors
  4. Island: the root
  5. Island: the belly
  6. Island: the rim and top
  7. Glowing stalactites
  8. Iron chains
  9. Lava falls
  10. Gilded dais
  11. Obsidian frame
  12. Purple portal
  13. Blackstone arch
  14. Crimson fungus: the stem
  15. Crimson fungus: the cap
  16. Floating stepping stones
  17. Drifting rocks
  18. Soul fires, fungi and lanterns

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